The Face House is a surreal wonder in Kyoto

[boingboing]

Originally published at: The Face House is a surreal wonder in Kyoto | Boing Boing

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[theophrastus]

I have to wonder if Squidward’s house on Spongebob was inspired by this masterpiece.

there was some ‘prior art’ (1250-1500 A.D.) in the form of an Easter island Moai …the Squarepants tribe live somewhere around the Bikini (bottom) Atoll after-all, a “mere” 10,000 kilometers from Easter island [wink]

[FuckThisTimeLine]

Is anyone pay attention to the nose?

[RickMycroft]

Why, is it running?

[stinkinbadgers]

@boingboing

I’d love to live in an alternate universe where all houses had cute faces

Cute? This house looks like it’s seen some horrifying shit. Permanent thousand-yard stare.

[timd]

@boingboing

where all houses had cute faces

And some don’t?

[phuzz]

There’s a house near where I used to live that has a nose. (aka ‘the house that smells’)
It started off made of concrete, but that fell apart so it was replaced with wicker:

But that’s falling apart now

I was sat on the wrong side of the train this morning, so I’m not sure if it’s been replaced yet.